GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| hap | happening |